claim

Definitions of claim in various dictionaries:

noun - an assertion of a right (as to money or property)

noun - an assertion that something is true or factual

noun - demand for something as rightful or due

noun - an informal right to something

noun - an established or recognized right

noun - a demand especially in the phrase "the call of duty"

verb - assert or affirm strongly

verb - demand as being one's due or property

verb - ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example

verb - lay claim to

verb - take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs

To demand or ask for as one’s own or one’s due; assert one’s right to: claim a reward.

To take in a violent manner as if by right: a hurricane that claimed two lives.

To state to be true, especially when open to question; assert or maintain: claimed he had won the race; a candidate claiming many supporters.

To deserve or call for; require: problems that claim her attention.

A demand for something as rightful or due.

A basis for demanding something; a title or right.

Something claimed in a formal or legal manner, especially a tract of public land staked out by a miner or homesteader.

A demand for payment in accordance with an insurance policy or other formal arrangement.

The sum of money demanded.

The central meaning shared by these noun s is “a legitimate or asserted right to demand something as one’s rightful due”: had a strong legal claim to the property; makes no pretense to scholarliness; pretensions to the chairmanship unjustified in every particular; has no title to our thanks.

verb - to demand as one's due